Category: History

Leninist Vanguardism vs. Libertarian Left Militant Minority Organization

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By WSA

It is not uncommon for class struggle libertarians to hear Leninists equate vanguardism with a libertarian militant minority group, such as the Friends of Durruti in libertarian Spain, yet suggest that the libertarian role is simply lacking in …

Posted: August 9th, 2016 under History, Ideas.

Anarchist Critique of PKK

The following post is authored by WSA member JT and originally posted on their blog Rage Against Capital.  While this critique does not represent an official position of the WSA, it did find traction and preexisting sentiment among many members.  It …

Posted: July 30th, 2016 under Anti-Imperialism, Debate, History, International, Uncategorized.

Libertarianism is a Type of Socialism, NOT Classical Liberalism

By Geoff

Libertarianism is a socialist political philosophy which has its roots in the socialist workers’ movements of the 1800s and 1900s. It is especially associated with ideas that came out of the First International (IWA – 1864-1876), especially those of …

Posted: August 25th, 2015 under History, Ideas.

Reply to ISO on Syndicalism

By Tom Wetzel

The International Socialist Organization’s webzine socialistworker.org recently published a critique of revolutionary syndicalism in the form of a review of Radical Unionism by Ralph Darlington. The review, by Tom Goulet, makes a number of mistaken claims.…

Posted: April 27th, 2015 under Debate, History, Ideas, Labor, Syndicalism.

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